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A South Carolina utility company that drew fire for allegedly tainting a local water supply with coal ash residue, a by-product of burning coal that is known to cause serious illness, recently purchased 987 acres in Colleton County to build a new landfill for the waste.
The acquisition comes as the federal Environmental Protection Agency weighs a proposal to reclassify coal ash as a hazardous waste material, which would make its disposal more strictly regulated.
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When Bryan Burgin and Michael Watson drove to Charleston to take a six-day cruise, they stayed with friends to save money before the ship departed. Once the cruise ended, they grabbed their bags and went straight home to Columbia.
“We’re not doing a thing to stimulate the local economy,” Watson said with a chuckle.
Fellow passengers Lee and Sherri Romans of Portland, Ore., told a much different story. Drawn to Charleston by the cruise, they ended…

This summer, CCL has been working hard to connect Georgetown County restaurants with local farms, such as Millgrove and C-Breeze, to provide the freshest, healthiest food to their customers AND support the local economy. We’ve enjoyed getting to know the wonderful people on both ends of the supply chain, and have created lasting relationships between them. We hope that more connections like these will continue to be made.
The following restaurants in the City…

The owners of part of a coastal island in South Carolina have sold the land to the state, abandoning a plan to build a bridge that might have resulted in the island’s development as a resort.
Sandy Island, one of two islands in the state without a direct connection to the mainland, has become the centerpiece of an ambitious wetlands preservation plan.